Improvement in book-supports



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WILLIAM PATTON, OF VEVAY, lNDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,500, dated July 13,1875; application filed July 13,1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM PATTON, of Vevay,in the county of Switzerland and State of Indiana, have invented certainImprovements in Devices for Supporting Blan k-Books, of which thefollowing is a specification:

In using very large blank-books, those having very wide pages, and thosewhere it is necessary to carry the written line across both pages, it isnecessary to rise from the chair to reach the extremity of the line, orslide the book around on the table as each line is written.

The object of this invention is to enable the writer to manipulate thebook by a light touch, so as to bring any portion of the page withineasy reach of his pen without rising from his chair, thus avoiding theirksome and laborious operations above described.

This invention is in the nature of a turntable, supporting the book, andresting upon the table or desk in any desired location.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan and general view of my invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical mid-section of the same.

Like letters of reference designate corre sponding parts in both of thefigures.

Let A A represent the open pages of a large blank-book in which thewritten line is to be carried across both pages. This book rests upon abed, B, and the rounded back lies in a hollowed troughor groove, 0, inthe said bed. To the under side of the bed B is attached, by means ofscrews or otherwise, a circular plate,D, which may be simply a rim withabar, a, diametrically across the center. This plate rests upon another,E, precisely like the first in form and size, and this latter rests uponthe table or desk F. In the bar a, at the center of the plate E, isrigidly affixed a vertical stud or pivot, Gr, which engages with a holein the bar a at the center of the plate D. The top of the stud beingrounded, and its length adjusted so that the circular plate or rim Dbarely touches the lower, a delicate pivot is formed, upon which thecircular plate or rim D and its attached bed B may be made to rotatevery readily in either direction, the lower plate E remainin gstationary.

The manner of using the device is as follows: The device is placed inthe proper position on the table F, and the book opened and placedthereon, the back resting in the groove G, as shown in Fig. 1. When, incarrying out the line, the distance becomes too great to reachconveniently, the book and upper revolving portion of the deviceisturned more or less, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, thusbringing every portion of the pages successively within reach of the penBeing delicately adjusted on its pivot, the bed carrying the heaviestbook may be rotated with a touch. The groove 0 permits the book to lienearly or quite level, and allows it to be moved to and from the writerwithout danger of interfering with its lateral adjustment. The plates Dand E should be circular, but the bed B may be any desired shape. 7

I claim- A blank-book holder composed of a bed,B, having agroove ordepression, 0, across its center, and a circular plate or rim, D,attached to its under side, in combination with a supporting-plate, E,provided with a central pivot, G, on which the said bed turns,substantially as herein specified.

WILLIAM PATTON. Witnesses:

E. 'l. OGLE, JOHN ARMSTRONG.

